Subj : Re: Notice that...
To   : tenser
From : boraxman
Date : Wed Feb 16 2022 22:31:31

 te>  bo> But the newer Internet does suck.  Social Media, tracking, doxxing,
 te>  bo> mandatory accounts and giving information to companies.  This suspici
 te>  bo> is definitely warranted.
 te> 
 te> You're describing applications of the Internet, not the Internet
 te> itself.  At this point, for all intents and purposes, BBSes and
 te> their networks are also applications of the Internet.  Indeed,
 te> Fidonet has relied on the Internet for international distribution
 te> for 30 years.
 te> 

For many people, these apps are the Internet.  Facebook have a deal in some poorer countries to provide free Internet, which is really making a deal with a carrier that they would load their phone so that people can use a few websites without data charges.  For many of these people, they think Facebook is the Internet.

You are correct, which is why it is a little jarring to see information from one Internet application (BBS/Telnet/SSH) appearing in another (Webbrowser/google)

--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 2021/12/24 (Linux/64)
 * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)

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